Nobody's Hero / 100th Post!

I have never done wiring in my life. And yet, Spock's mom, Moose, trusted me to wire the chandelier that she bought for her new house. I suppose, given that there were no directions to follow in the first place, I did a pretty bang-up job. It works, after all. And we only had to rewire it a few times. Moose's friend from work was helping us along, but he didn't know how to wire the thing either. So I wired it, we wired it into the main power, and... nothing happened. After taking it apart and checking connections, we tried again.. nothing. Then, the guy realizes he told me the wrong way to wire it. I took the entire thing apart, rewired EVERYTHING, and then, and only then, it worked. Oh, that glorious chandelier finally worked!
So, Spock and I went back to my house to watch my sisters, because my parents went out to meet a friend of Severe's and his wife for dinner. They couldn't have been gone more than five minutes when Severe called, and told me to jump in the car and meet them, in the dark, on the side of a road about a mile away. Mama Bear, valiantly trying to avoid killing a dog, still managed to clip the beast, and while the dog lived, her van didn't fare so well. There is a gaping hole in one side, and to top it off, she also got stuck in a ditch. We used my itty bitty Plymouth to pull a minivan out of a ditch. It was so epic.


I am happy to announce that this is my ONE HUNDREDTH POST! To celebrate, I will be doing a Top 10² List. It's going to be time-consuming, lengthy, and freakin' awesome!
Top 10-Squared!
1. Top ten Most Frequently Used Blog Tags
  1. spock (43)
  2. family (17)
  3. school (13)
  4. star trek (13)
  5. movies (12)
  6. top 13 (9)
  7. contest (8)
  8. weebeast (8)
  9. death (7)
  10. halloween (7)
2. Top Ten Nicknames of/for Former Boyfriends/Girlfriend
^{Not in chronological order}
  1. Puff
  2. Spock
  3. Squishy
  4. Beaver
  5. Goofy
  6. Stupid
  7. Bunny Boy
  8. Bear
  9. Shadow [applies to two]
  10. Shithead [applies to most, but not all]
3. Top Ten Bad Habits
  1. Nail biting
  2. Picking scabs
  3. Facebook
  4. Staying up too late
  5. Correcting spelling mistakes in IMs
  6. Picking fights
  7. Swearing
  8. Lurking on other people's Facebook pages, trying to remember if I know them, and looking through their friends to see if I missed friending them
  9. Making e-mail accounts that I never check
  10. Talking back
4. Top Ten Most Frequently Played Songs on My iTunes
  1. Hope, Rush [44]
  2. Sunday Morning, Maroon 5 [44]
  3. Planet of the Apes, Mindless Self Indulgence [38]
  4. Madrigal, Rush [32]
  5. Valley Girl, Frank Zappa [31]
  6. Wonderous Stories, Yes [29]
  7. Superconductor, Rush [26]
  8. On It, Mindless Self Indulgence [25]
  9. Pick Up the Pieces, The Average White Band [25]
  10. For Your Entertainment, Adam Lambert [23]
5. Ten 100x100 images
^{Using a random word generator for searches!}
  1. Undesirable =
  2. Behalf =
  3. Contributor =
  4. Brown =
  5. Gig =
  6. Troop =
  7. Outset =
  8. Logic =
  9. Freeze =
  10. Net =
6. Ten Musical Artists I Have Recently Latched Onto
^{Keep in mind I usually just listen to Rush and Yes}
  1. Lady GaGa
  2. Adam Lambert
  3. Beyonce
  4. P!nk
  5. Marilyn Manson
  6. Eurythmics
  7. Korn
  8. Katy Perry
  9. No Doubt
  10. Disturbed
7. Ten 100x100 Pictures of Random Body Parts
  1. eye =
  2. nose =
  3. toe =
  4. hand =
  5. leg =
  6. buttock =
  7. joint =
  8. thumb =
  9. knee =
  10. stomach =
8. Ten Fun Flash Games
  1. Sushi Cat
  2. Kitten Cannon
  3. Red Remover
  4. Seed
  5. Mind the Blox
  6. Woobies
  7. Linyca
  8. Columz
  9. Combine
  10. Bomboozle
9. Ten Videos of Large Men Dancing
  1. Single Ladies, by Beyonce
  2. Hips Don't Lie, Shakira
  3. Headsprung, LL Cool J
  4. The Fat Dance
  5. Push It, Salt-N-Pepa
  6. Various rap songs
  7. My Humps, Black Eyed Peas
  8. Yo, Chris Brown
  9. My Milkshake, Kelis
  10. Dragostea din Tei, O-Zone
10. Top Ten Ridiculous Apparel Items
  1. Brossiere
  2. Muu Muu
  3. Crocs
  4. Dog Sweater
  5. Ugg Boots
  6. Beer Hat
  7. Stirrup pants
  8. Pink cowboy boots
  9. Shirts with fake pockets
  10. Sweatpants
Here's to a hundred more!
~Sushi

Bah Humbug

Call me a Grinch, or a Scrooge, or even a green llama, but I hate Christmas. I'm pretty sure that I've felt this way since I was eleven, when, in a temporary lapse of parental judgment, my mother spilled the beans to me about Santa Claus, three days before Christmas. She also told me about all the other mythological creatures that I was brought up to believe in: the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, St. Nicholas, etc. I know that Santa Claus and his rampant gift-giving are not meant to be the true meaning of Christmas, but it was a disappointment that I haven't forgotten in eight years, and probably still won't forget for a while. In fact, it makes me unsure as to whether or not I should tell my children, whenever I have them, about jolly ol' St. Nick and his ilk. In my pre-familial, teen-aged mind, it doesn't seem fair that parents can lie to their children, in the "spirit" of Christmas and various other holidays and occurrences, while children are never allowed to lie to their parents, for any reason at all. It's a trust-breaker. Sure, my parents have done other things that have shattered my trust in them, but I choose to bring this one up for the sake of so-called Christmas spirit.
Therefore, I offer up this list of different December holidays, many of which having nothing to do with Santa, or any other mythological figure.
Twenty-five Alternatives to Christmas
_{Thank you, Wikipedia, and various other wikis!}
1. Bodhi Day [Buddhist]
2. Winter Solstice [Celtic/Wiccan]
3. Signature of the Constitution of the Republic of China [Taiwanese]
4. Yule [Germanic]
5. Hanukkah [Jewish]
6. Eid ul-Adha [Muslim; sometimes occurs in November]
7. Holiday [Pastafarian]
8. Yalda [Persian]
9. Saturnalia [Roman]
10. Zamenhof Day [Esperantist]
11. Festivus [Seinfeldian]
12. HumanLight [Humanist]
13. Kwanzaa [Pan-African]
14. Hogmanay [Scottish]
15. Karachun [Slavic]
16. Decemberween [HomestarRunner]
17. Chrismahanukwanzakah [Paygoism]
18. Freezing Man [opposite of Burning Man]
19. Agnostica [agnostics, I suppose]
20. Kwansolhaneidmas [Facebookers, myself not included]
21. Alvistide [Sealab 2021
22. Wintersday [Guild Wars players]
23. Feast of Winter Veil [those loathsome WoWers]
24. Starlight Celebration [FFXI players]
25. Hogswatchnight [DiscWorlders]
Happy/merry various winter-time holidays!
~Sushi

Epic Fail: Civil War Reenactment Edition

Yesterday night, Spock and his family took me to a Civil War ball. They had taken me to a previous one in February, on Abraham Lincoln's birthday. We dressed up in period outfits, and Spock went as Honest Abe himself, after I sprayed his beard and hair with temporary dye. We found something important out at this dance, however. After a group dance, a bunch of ladies, flouncy skirts bouncing everywhere, came up to me and practically shoved me out the door. They asked my name, and told me what they were about to do was for my own good. They took me to a dark corner... and proceeded to inform me that I had been wearing my dress backwards. So, rather than viciously molesting me, which is what I had feared, they helped me flip my dress so that it faced the right way. It was scary, to say the least, but they were nice ladies, and they didn't attack me, so all was well.
Also, at the dance was a re-enacter who looked a great deal like Zachary Quinto, the total babe who plays Spock in the new Star Trek movie. Yes, my Spock and I have seen it; we went to the theater twice. I danced with the doppelganger a few times, but I didn't manage to get a clear picture of him. However, I had a blast, and I will put up some pictures. As soon as my blisters go away, maybe.


List!
Do my commonly spoken words and phrases have websites that pertain to them?


-Holy Shit: YES!
-Dude: YES!
-Apparently: YES! And it's a blog!
-Crikey
-Precisely
-Totally Not Fair: NO.
-That's Not Right: NO.
-I'm Gonna Eat Your Face: Not quite, but sort of.
-Holy God: Yes, but not quite the same spelling.
-Holy Nuts": Yes, but I think it's broken.
-Epic Win: YES! And it's another blog!
-Super: NO.
-Holy Hell: YES! It's a BAND!
-ZOMG: Pretty much, even if it is an off-shoot of Gaia.
-Well That's Cool: YES!
-[Lolspeak]
-[Movies quotes]


Take THAT, internets!
~Sushi